brutes

6 definitions • 6 examples

a rough and sometimes violent man:

[ as form of address ] Take your hands off me, you brute!

an animal, especially a large one:

Your dog's an ugly brute, isn't it?

The oldest elephant was lame, poor brute.

great physical force or strength:

In the end she used brute force to push him out.

a person who is offensive and rude, and often violent:

Historians have portrayed him as a brute who won only because of superior troop strength.

A brute is also a large, strong animal.

If something is done with brute force, it is done with a great amount of force:

They had to use brute force to knock down the door.